Per Aspera Ad Astra

April 28, 2024

Recent EntriesHomeJoin Fast Running Blog Community!PredictorHealthy RecipesCollinAnderson's RacesFind BlogsMileage BoardTop Ten Excuses for Missing a RunTop Ten Training MistakesDiscussion ForumRace Reports Send A Private MessageWeek ViewMonth ViewYear View
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
20122013201420152016201720182019
15% off for Fast Running Blog members at St. George Running Center!

Location:

Salt Lake City,UT,United States

Member Since:

Dec 08, 2012

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

13.1: 1:09:58 (2018 Des News)

26.2: 2:37:45 (2019 Mesa Phoenix)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Stay healthy!

 

2019 Running Schedule

Feb - Mesa Phoenix Marathon (AZ): 2:37:45. Lingering flu didn't help, but I still got a PR.

April - Bonneville Shoreline Trail Marathon (UT). Mostly just going to be a training run. Finally got myself into the sub-4 club last year, so I'll just have fun with it this year.

May - Stillwater Half Marathon (MN). Goal race for Spring. Looking for ~1:12.

October- Chicago Marathon (IL). We'll see where I'm at in Fall, but probably will be looking for low 2:30s.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Stay healthy, make improvements, maximize my potential.

Personal:

I am a bioengineering PhD currently working as a post-doctoral research fellow in the Department of Neurology at the University of Utah, where I design and improve neurosurgical approaches for treating movement disorders.


Summer 2018 update: I'm lazy about copying over from Strava, so find me over there for day-to-day runs until I eventually get around to copying everything over here.

Favorite Blogs:

Click to donate
to Ukraine's Armed Forces
Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Skechers GoRun 4 Blue - A Bit Too Big, But Free Lifetime Miles: 105.80
Saucony Grid Type A Lifetime Miles: 94.20
Saucony Fastwitch 7 Blue Lifetime Miles: 132.40
Saucony Fastwitch 7 Red Lifetime Miles: 135.90
New Balance Vazee Summit V2 Black Lifetime Miles: 121.90
Skechers Go Med Speed 4 Lifetime Miles: 36.70
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

Busy day with family... finally about to get to the gym to run.  This weeklong pass at Lifetime Fitness will have been well worth it!  I got a whole bunch of new running gear today, which is always great.

 

Clockwise from upper left: Kinvara 4, Brooks running jacket, 2 x Run N Fun socks, Big Bang print Balaclava (Turtle Fur calls it Big Bang instead of Galaxy, but it still perfectly matches my shorts), Run N Fun running beanie, and running gloves built for a touch screen phone.  Fritz would love these. :)

Also of note, I've decided that I need to clean up my diet if I'm going to race as well as possible in 2014, so I'm going to work with Allie on fixing up the way that I eat and I'm excited to see what that does for me!

Run: 10 miles on treadmill.  Pretty boring.  Forced myself to go easy (exactly 75:00).  I was totally going to run outside today, but was doing things with my family all day and didn't get out the door until 9:30.  Got to Lifetime Woodbury at 9:45 and slogged away for 75 minutes.  New Kinvara 4s felt good.  

You know you're bored of running on a treadmill when there's almost no day to day fluctuation in mileage.  This week has been 10, 11, 9, 10, 11, 10 so far, with only one day outside (the one in a windchill of -17).  I'm going to run something longer outside tomorrow to break up the monotony.

RETIRED Saucony Orange Kinvara 4 Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Fritz on Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 23:37:05 from 75.80.248.92

Do you mean a Woodway treadmill with slat belts? Those are sweet. My grad school had one but I haven't run on one since.

I had to run with my phone once because of work but I vow to never do it again.

From Fritz on Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 23:40:26 from 75.80.248.92

I am mistaken. :) You were in Woodbury. Woodway treadmills are sweet nonetheless.

From CollinAnderson on Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 12:21:32 from 76.113.222.236

Sorry, I missed those comments before. The treadmills were Life Fitness:

http://www.leisurefitness.com/Life-Fitness-Platinum-Club-Series-Treadmill-with-19-Discover-SE-Tablet-Console-P2543.aspx

Actually, these say they only go up to 12mph, but the ones in the club went faster, but otherwise it looks the same. I have no idea why a gym would spend 9 grand a piece on treadmills, but they're pretty sweet.

Add Your Comment.
  • Keep it family-safe. No vulgar or profane language. To discourage anonymous comments of cowardly nature, your IP address will be logged and posted next to your comment.
  • Do not respond to another person's comment out of context. If he made the original comment on another page/blog entry, go to that entry and respond there.
  • If all you want to do is contact the blogger and your comment is not connected with this entry and has no relevance to others, send a private message instead.
Only registered users with public blogs are allowed to post comments. Log in with your username and password or create an account and set up a blog.
Debt Reduction Calculator
Featured Announcements
Lone Faithfuls
(need a comment):
Recent Comments: